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Ingrid Lunden
Nov 15, 2011 7:03 AM
Android may have some shortcomings, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made enormous advances with manufacturers in terms of getting its OS on their smartphones, and in subsequently getting consumers to buy them. According to figures out today from Gartner, more than 50 percent of all smartphones bought by consumers in…
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Ingrid Lunden
Aug 11, 2011 4:07 AM
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is losing its market share in phones at an alarming rate right now. But despite all the profit warnings, drastic strategic shifts, and massive strides being made by the likes of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) with Android, it still remains on top of the pile in mobile device…
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Ingrid Lunden
May 19, 2011 6:24 AM
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple’s apparently getting closer to a cloud music product after signing a deal with EMI; Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) goes after the FCC in court over data roaming rules; Gartner and Millennial Media release their latest figures respectively on…
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Ingrid Lunden
Apr 11, 2011 6:16 AM
The counterpoint to last week’s data from Gartner that spelled out near and long-term victory for Android: in tablets, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) rules today, tomorrow, and next week.
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Ingrid Lunden
Mar 30, 2011 5:34 AM
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Google’s Android in-app payments service gets some early users—and maybe some confusion; Gartner says tablets drive up worldwide IT spend; and Hutchison’s Three posts a profit.
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Ingrid Lunden
Feb 9, 2011 9:49 AM
All this news about Nokia’s next big move and losing mindshare / market share, and it’s easy to forget that the Finns (yes, they are still based there—despite reports that they want to relocate to Silicon Valley) are still leading the mobile market, both in terms of the overall handset…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 26, 2011 4:33 AM
People love to talk about the rise of the mobile web, but today, apps are where it’s at when it comes to mobile content, and they are very much still on the rise. This year will see them collectively making more than $15 billion in revenues on downloads of more…
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Tricia Duryee
Aug 5, 2008 3:03 PM
This year, worldwide sales of mobile phones will reach 1.28 billion units in 2008, a 11 percent increase compared to the 1.15 billion units sold last year, according to a report released today by Gartner. It said that in the first quarter sales totaled 294.3 million, and sales in the…
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Tricia Duryee
Jul 14, 2008 2:41 PM
Despite the iPhone’s blockbuster start this weekend, Gartner said today it was lowering it’s forecast for how many cellphones will sell this year, Reuters reports. Gartner said it is now predicting the cellphone market to grow by 10 to 11 percent, which is lower than its May forecast of 10…
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James Quintana Pearce
Apr 23, 2008 11:47 AM
The next generation of mobile web applications will be driven by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), according to Nick Jones, vice president of Gartner: “It’s taken 10 years of experimentation on the static web to come up with sites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube…Those were 10 years during…
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Dianne See Morrison
Apr 9, 2008 6:36 AM
Here’s a novel notion: Research firm Gartner has warned the mobile industry—and especially handset makers—that they need to start factoring in gender and age when they are designing products for mobile users, rather than narrowly focusing on the western adult male as they do now. As Gartner points out, 68…
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Carlo Longino
Dec 17, 2007 4:55 PM
2.3 trillion SMS will be sent in major markets worldwide in 2008, Gartner predicts. That’s up nearly 20 percent from 2007, while messaging revenues will grow about 16 percent to $60.2 billion. North America will see significant growth, with Gartner saying more than 300 billion messages will be sent in…
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